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By using a new method of forced-field extrapolation, we study the emerging flux region AR 11850 observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and Solar Dynamical Observatory (SDO). Our results suggest that the bright points…

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The present study investigates a mini-filament eruption associated with cancelling magnetic fluxes. The eruption originates from a small-scale loop complex commonly known as a Coronal Bright Point (CBP). The event is uniquely recorded in…

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While the members of the Type IIn category of supernovae are united by the presence of strong multicomponent Balmer emission lines in their spectra, they are quite heterogeneous with respect to other properties such as Balmer line profiles,…

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Solar ultraviolet (UV) bursts are small-scale compact brightenings in transition region images. The spectral profiles of transition region lines in these bursts are significantly enhanced and broadened, often with chromospheric absorption…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-07 Yajie Chen , Hui Tian , Xiaoshuai Zhu , Tanmoy Samanta , Linghua Wang , Jiansen He

The 2014 March 29 X1 solar flare (SOL20140329T17:48) produced bright continuum emission in the far- and near-ultraviolet (NUV) and highly asymmetric chromospheric emission lines, providing long-sought constraints on the heating mechanisms…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-17 Adam F. Kowalski , Joel C. Allred , Adrian N. Daw , Gianna Cauzzi , Mats Carlsson

The second Hi-C flight (Hi-C2.1) provided unprecedentedly-high spatial and temporal resolution ($\sim$250km, 4.4s) coronal EUV images of Fe IX/X emission at 172 \AA, of AR 12712 on 29-May-2018, during 18:56:21-19:01:56 UT. Three…

Solar flare ribbons are intense brightenings of principally chromospheric material that are responsible for a large fraction of the chromospheric emission in solar and stellar flares. We present an on-disc observation of flare ribbon…

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Emission from blazar jets in the ultraviolet, optical, and infrared is polarized. If these low-energy photons were inverse-Compton scattered, the upscattered high-energy photons retain a fraction of the polarization. Current and future…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-03 Nachiketa Chakraborty , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Brian Fields

Strong EUV lineshifts in solar spectra are generally indicative of highly dynamic and explosive events that are easily detected in comparable-wavelength EUV images, with the strongest such line shifts (several 100 km/s) occurring in solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-04 Alphonse C. Sterling , Louise K. Harra , Navdeep K. Panesar , Ronald L. Moore

Solar jets are collimated plasma ejections driven by magnetic reconnection, which play a critical role in the energy release and mass transport in the solar atmosphere. Using Solar Orbiter's Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) with its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-08 Song Tan , Alexander Warmuth , Frédéric Schuller , Yuandeng Shen , Jake A. J. Mitchell , Fanpeng Shi

Low-temperature plasma ejected in solar eruptions can screen active regions as well as quiet solar areas. Absorption phenomena can be observed in microwaves as 'negative bursts' and in different spectral domains. We analyze two very…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 V. Grechnev , I. Kuzmenko , A. Uralov , I. Chertok , A. Kochanov

Coronal mass ejection (CME) often produces a soft X-ray (SXR) flare associated with the low-coronal reconnection and a type-II radio burst associated with an interplanetary (IP) CME-shock. SXR flares and type-II bursts outshine the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-02 Atul Mohan , Nat Gopalswamy , Hemapriya Raju , Sachiko Akiyama

In this review we summarize results of our analysis of the observations of solar eruptive flares made by the Ond\v{r}ejov radiospectrograph for more than twenty years. We also present some Potsdam-Tremsdorf radio spectra from our common…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-17 Marian Karlický

Blazars are known for their energetic multiwavelength flares from radio wavelengths to high-energy $\gamma$-rays. In this work, we study radio, optical, and $\gamma$-ray light curves of 145 bright blazars spanning up to 8~yr, to probe the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-20 I. Liodakis , R. W. Romani , A. V. Filippenko , S. Kiehlmann , W. Max-Moerbeck , A. C. S. Readhead , W. Zheng

The optical and near-ultraviolet (NUV) continuum radiation in M dwarf flares is thought to be the impulsive response of the lower stellar atmosphere to magnetic energy release and electron acceleration at coronal altitudes. This radiation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-07 Adam F. Kowalski

Increase in the Balmer continuum radiation during solar flares was predicted by various authors but never firmly confirmed observationally using ground-based slit spectrographs. Here we describe a new post-focal instrument - Image Selector…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-02 P. Kotrč , O. Procházka , P. Heinzel

The intensity of the \oiv~2s$^{2}$ 2p $^{2}$P-2s2p$^{2}$ $^{4}$P and \siv~3 s$^{2}$ 3p $^{2}$P- 3s 3p$^{2}$ $^{4}$ P intercombination lines around 1400~\AA~observed with the \textit{Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph} (IRIS) provide a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 V. Polito , G. Del Zanna , J. Dudík , H. E. Mason , A. Giunta , K. K. Reeves

Intensity bursts in ultraviolet (UV) to X-ray wavelengths and plasma jets are typical signatures of magnetic reconnection and the associated impulsive heating of the solar atmospheric plasma. To gain new insights into the process,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-15 L. P. Chitta , S. K. Solanki , H. Peter , R. Aznar Cuadrado , L. Teriaca , U. Schühle , F. Auchère , D. Berghmans , E. Kraaikamp , S. Gissot , C. Verbeeck

A rich spectrum of molecular hydrogen (H$_2$) emission lines is seen in sensitive observations from the far ultraviolet (FUV) channels of the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) during flare activity in solar active region NOAA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-08 Sarah A. Jaeggli , Adrian N. Daw

Recent imaging observations with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograp (IRIS) have revealed prevalent intermittent jets with apparent speeds of 80--250 km~s$^{-1}$ from the network lanes in the solar transition region (TR). On the other…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-13 Yajie Chen , Hui Tian , Zhenghua Huang , Hardi Peter , Tanmoy Samanta